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Montclair township, Essex County, NJ

39,783 Population
6.2 square miles 6,377.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$87,955 ±$4,421 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $45,946 ±$713
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$158,765 ±$11,562 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $73,785 ±$1,477
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

5.5% ±1.4% (2,181  ±545) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 15% 125,228 (±0.6% / ±4,607)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

36.8 minutes ±0.7 (547,980  ±35,881) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 33.8 11,698,175 (±0.4 / ±188,019)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

15,100 ±401 Number of households
  • Essex County: 312,942 ±1,020
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.6 ±0.1 (39,358  ±92) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.7 831,554 (±0 / ±577)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

3.9% ±1.5% (372  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 5.5% 11,475 (±0.5% / ±992)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

16,180 ±441 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 334,136 ±252
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$783,800 ±$35,602 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $466,500 ±$5,655
  • about double the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

14.3% ±2.1% (5,634  ±,821.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 10.9% 91,694 (±0.5% / ±4,101.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

97.7% ±3.4% (26,805  ±1,090.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.9% 498,286 (±1% / ±5,694.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
70.9% ±2.8% (19,451  ±,857.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 37.4% 214,364 (±0.6% / ±3,420.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.6% ±1.7% (5,414  ±667) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 29% 247,376
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

2.7% ±0.6% (803  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 2.8% 17,928 (±0.2% / ±1,121)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
803 Total veterans ±177 737 Male ±156 66 Female ±46

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